George Burns was lunching one day at a restaurant with his friend, Jack Benny. Benny could not make up his mind about whether he should put butter on his bread. "I hate bread without butter, " he sighed. On the other hand, his wife, Mary, had put him on a diet specifying no butter.​ What should he do? Perhaps he should ring up Mary? At that point George Burns cut across his deliberations with, "Please, Jack, just make this one decision yourself!" So Benny had the butter.​ At the end of the meal when the bill was brought, Burns told the waiter to give it to Benny. "Why should I pay?" asked Benny. "If you don't, I'll tell Mary about the butter," said Burns.